Bert Waisanen quote: "There is a lot of interest in property tax relief across the country. A lot of states have either recently enacted or are considering a variety of mechanisms, often aimed at finding relief for senior citizens and low-income homeowners who get swamped by rising property values."

In general, the classic definition of a consumer tax traditionally is regressive.
BERT WAISANEN

If it takes a greater percentage of a budget to buy something ... by definition, that's regressive.
BERT WAISANEN

I love baseball. I love watching baseball. As a broadcaster, I get to watch the best 700 players put...
BERT BLYLEVEN

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
BERT WILLIAMS

If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me...
BERT WHITNEY

Every other part of this project is moving full steam ahead.
BERT BRANTLEY

There are a lot of rumors and expectations. The state will not confirm anything until the company is...
BERT BRANTLEY

They have not told us it's postponed. There is no sense of delay at all.
BERT BRANTLEY

The company asked us to delay the ceremony and we asked, 'Does this mean delay the project?' They sa...
BERT BRANTLEY

The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and lau...
BERT WILLIAMS

I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial.
BERT WILLIAMS

I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often fou...
BERT WILLIAMS

That's what the general gives me. That's what our budget can withstand.
BERT WILLIAMS

This lets operators roll out national or international systems that use the same authentication they...
BERT WILLIAMS

Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
BERT WILLIAMS

Do you want a song of glory? Well, I'm f---ing screaming at you, ... It's our time to shine through ...
BERT MCCRACKEN

Put your arm around the buddy next to you,
BERT MCCRACKEN

We're gonna start the biggest moshpit the Hordern Pavilion has ever seen, the biggest moshpit Sydney...
BERT MCCRACKEN

The biggest thing I've learned is that you only have one chance. You only have today to live-but you...
BERT MCCRACKEN

It's way beautiful. Mountains, eight rivers within five minutes of my house, six ski resorts, a lake...
BERT MCCRACKEN

They just started banging on trash cans and decided to put it together as a thing. It's a really, re...
BERT MCCRACKEN

I think the stock had been very extended in terms of valuation, in any event, so I think it was very...
BERT HOCHFELD

Informix has strong products in a strong market.
BERT HOCHFELD

I think the stock had been very extended in terms of valuation, in any event, so I think it was very...
BERT HOCHFELD

They have absolutely no idea why they buy and sell stocks. They read headlines and they watch price ...
BERT HOCHFELD

It was like the Aegean stables, and he's been like Hercules.
BERT HOCHFELD

IBM is a much more pervasive company. I'm going to be very interested in how they've done in softwar...
BERT HOCHFELD

It had started looking like Free File was going to destroy the industry.
BERT DUMARS

There are examples in the health medical records space; there are examples in student data and trans...
BERT DUMARS

Some of our systems are 20, 30, 40 years old. We need to modernize them, and it's not cheap.
BERT DUMARS

Last year, a little over 51 percent of all individual taxpayers took advantage of e-file. This year,...
BERT DUMARS

Yes, I was in that game where George Brett hit that home run. Billy saw there was too much pine tar ...
BERT CAMPANERIS

Yankee Stadium, and the Yankees are so famous for Mickey Mantle, Joe DiMaggio, Lou Gehrig, all of th...
BERT CAMPANERIS

Well, I wanted to play twenty years in the major leagues. I never made it twenty though. I played ni...
BERT CAMPANERIS

Well, at the end of spring training it was they would take either Mattingly or me, and they took Mat...
BERT CAMPANERIS

So to get to play for the Yankees was really exciting. Really exciting.
BERT CAMPANERIS

In 83 I thought we were going to go all the way. We had Roy Smalley, and Steve King, and good player...
BERT CAMPANERIS

I've been in eleven no-hitters you know.
BERT CAMPANERIS

I loved the opportunity to play for the Yankees, too.
BERT CAMPANERIS

Yeah, we felt that we could have a pretty good season, ... We won those state titles with four losse...
BERT BROWN

We have some problems, ... We have some new kids playing some different positions. It'll take some t...
BERT BROWN

If he gets the surgery, then he will probably be able to play baseball in the spring, ... I don't wa...
BERT BROWN

That really took the wind out of our sails. You just can't give up plays like that.
BERT BROWN

The local guys chased him off.
BERT BRANTLEY

You're going to win some, and you're going to lose others. We're glad we won this one.
BERT BRANTLEY

Your goal as a hitter is to get on. And if the third baseman is playing back and letting you lay dow...
BERT BLYLEVEN

Who do you love more, your thoughts or God?
BERT MCCOY

The mind never has anything new to say-all it knows is of the past.
BERT MCCOY

The changless part in you recognizes change
BERT MCCOY

what is not true does not exist in this moment.
BERT MCCOY

Be aware of yourself without thinking or looking in the mirror
BERT MCCOY

If the house is on fire, and the fireman shows up, you don't question his color or credentials. ...
BERT LANCE

That song, for me, is about drugs and alcohol and loss and love. It's about being proud of who you a...
BERT MCCRACKEN

He wanted to step up, and he's done that. The kid is relentless.
BERT BERTERO

I'm from Southern California, so I feel much more comfortable with a golf club in my hand than I...
BERT BLYLEVEN

If I traveled to the end of the rainbow - As Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell ...
BERT WHITNEY

I've got a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it!
BERT KALMAR

On all fronts, the bill appears to be far from being greased for passage.
BERT ELY

It's a Zen thing. One year I think we did 17 shows, we were there like a month, and Gregg (Allman) s...
BERT HOLMAN

Jesse Jackson is not anti-Semitic, but in politics, you always get in trouble when you try to be cut...
BERT LANCE

I guess it is ironical that I have a chance to say to Jesse Jackson, 'You need to be mature. You...
BERT LANCE

We've been as transparent as possible.
BERT KELLY

We are not in default on any loan. We have the financing we need for the medium term.
BERT HOLTKAMP

All these years, they've been giving lip service to saying that we are a party that is inclusive...
BERT LANCE

After The Wizard Of Oz I was typecast as a lion, and there aren't all that many parts for lions.
BERT LAHR

It's like a balloon. You push on one side and it bulges on the other. There's no easy answer.
BERT SPERLING

I have a wish list of directors I want to work with and Floria has been on that list for as long as ...
BERT YUKICH

They've gotten used to it. We leave after dinner on Thursday, rent a bunch of movies. We'll drive th...
BERT WILLIAMS

If there's a need out there, they'll call and see what you got.
BERT WILLIAMS

The things we need to train for to be successful on the field are different than what the service ne...
BERT WILLIAMS

I have not received one negative call about Father Bailey, not one.
BERT WEISS

There's so much dysfunction going on in Hollywood but how can we learn from it? And he picked up the...
BERT WEISS

Candace plays softball right down the street from where we live, so I anticipate us staying in touch...
BERT WEISS

I can tell you that Candace is one of the most sweet, loving girls I've ever met.
BERT WEISS

Our mission is to bring as much joy to these families as we can. We are just trying to bring them fi...
BERT WEISS

If we had the money, we'd increase the size of the buffer around the site. The site is considered an...
BERT WEERTS

There's no question in my mind there will be a suburban development within five years on the other s...
BERT WEERTS

You first have to remember these businesses are about simplifying the preparation of meals. Some pla...
BERT VERMEULEN

We're in what I call 'roll-out mode' right now. People are discovering there aren't locations in the...
BERT VERMEULEN

This concept was not invented in some corporation. It came about because of moms who have this probl...
BERT VERMEULEN

It turns out it's an ideal solution for a lot of people, and in particular, moms with kids.
BERT VERMEULEN

The shortage is a challenge we have under control thanks to active recruiting. But finding drivers w...
BERT TRUCKSESS

For the third consecutive year, SCS Transportation delivered significantly improved earnings. Revenu...
BERT TRUCKSESS

The heavyweight division is on the cusp of being called off for lack of interest. A hundred years ag...
BERT SUGAR

They gave him a steak the night before the bout and said they had prepared that one especially for h...
BERT SUGAR

The heavyweight division is on the cusp of being called off for lack of interest, ... A hundred year...
BERT SUGAR

There's a lot of money to be made by somebody, but I don't know who that somebody would be.
BERT SUGAR

If Rahman walked down street in his gloves and boxing trunks, they'd have a problem recognizing him.
BERT SUGAR

Boxing promoters, for all the bad [things] you say about them, have an eye for talent,
BERT SUGAR

He had landed the 'thunder and lightning', but to no avail...Ingo was a very good boxer, but I won't...
BERT SUGAR

Ray Lewis would be a hell of a heavyweight.
BERT SUGAR

It is a terrible division.
BERT SUGAR

We looked at finding places that had an office space work force, and we looked at the amount of mone...
BERT SPERLING

I know a lot of people wouldn't consider moving to a place that didn't offer broadband. I think peop...
BERT SPERLING

People do fantasize about moving, especially when times are tight like this. But it's hard to make t...
BERT SPERLING

If the hurricane activity continues at this pace, it will have a significant impact on where people ...
BERT SPERLING

The cost of living has become very important and as prices rise -- which they will -- it will become...
BERT SPERLING

(When choosing a place to live) you have to listen to your family and find out what is important to ...
BERT SPERLING

That's the neat thing about Wi-Fi. It's like engineers inventing a tool and people finding unique wa...
BERT SPERLING

The surprise is just how quickly Wi-Fi has been implemented. Even small schools without much of a bu...
BERT SPERLING

Last year, it was almost a novelty. This year, it's almost expected.
BERT SPERLING

(Bush) will emphasize the positives. And put a happier face on the economy.
BERT ROCKMAN

The surveillance issue has been somewhat of an embarrassment for the administration. As some of the ...
BERT ROCKMAN

The first and most salient issue is likely to be the war in Iraq.
BERT ROCKMAN

This address is a signal of strategies, and it will outline what the president can do in the next tw...
BERT ROCKMAN

Without a doubt, terrorism and the war in Iraq will drive most of the address, as well as domestic i...
BERT ROCKMAN

They're winners, everyone!
BERT PARKS

It's incredible, man, there's only like two real drums used in the whole song. It's all trash cans a...
BERT MCCRACKEN

There have been challenges with letters being returned and phones disconnected. We can provide the s...
BERT KELLY

This whole process is very much unprecedented. It's new to everyone.
BERT KELLY

We've been as transparent as possible. We felt like we had to be as open as possible. This is about ...
BERT KELLY

That's when we really knew we were on to something.
BERT HOLMAN

We think it's really special. It's the closest we could come to capturing the Fillmore magic, since ...
BERT HOLMAN

Monetary policy could in the short run focus on absorbing some of the excess liquidity to reduce the...
BERT HOFMAN

The debt has been formed mainly because of mismatches for years between expenditure assignments and ...
BERT HOFMAN

Domestic demand is now driving growth.
BERT HOFMAN

We expect most of the growth will come from the domestic side as has already happened over the last ...
BERT HOFMAN

We believe (the government) should ... shift spending from more investment-oriented to consumption-o...
BERT HOFMAN

It's fair to say that we're seeing an improvement after a soft patch when a lot of companies were mi...
BERT HOCHFELD

reacting to three-year old news.
BERT HOCHFELD

Oracle is not the canary in the mineshaft, although some people think it might be. Oracle is not lik...
BERT HOCHFELD

Intel is not a bellwether for software and networking. Obviously it's a bellwether for PCs, but I qu...
BERT HOCHFELD

I'm puzzled that people are that negative [about Intel],
BERT HOCHFELD

War does not present a backdrop in which people follow their expectations of the future as if there ...
BERT HOCHFELD

Many investors are fearful that oracle will acquire this that and the other thing. But my contention...
BERT HOCHFELD

I don't think investors really appreciate the economies of scale inherent in enterprise software, es...
BERT HOCHFELD

If they stumble with one or two, that will make it very difficult.
BERT HAZLETT

I think they'll be some concern on part of doctors, but I think the patient demand will be significa...
BERT HAZLETT

[Hebert] has been in a lot of games for us. I thought he gave us the best chance to win and he stepp...
BERT FLORES

We played bad. For as bad as we played, we were still in it for the first four innings.
BERT FLORES

I don't think it makes a difference who you play. You have to play defense and hit the ball. We know...
BERT FLORES

If he tries to use my letter to create the impression that Mr. Cruise did have a gay affair, we will...
BERT FIELDS

Anyone who knows Mr. Spelling would know that he could not, would not and did not do any of the thin...
BERT FIELDS

Rather than simply sit back and let these people blacken his reputation, we decided to sue.
BERT FIELDS

Anyone who knows Aaron knows that he is the courtliest gentleman in the world who is incapable of th...
BERT FIELDS

Rather than simply sit back and let these people blacken his reputation, we decided to sue,
BERT FIELDS

He has a gift for making complicated ideas simple and to express them in a way that has emotional im...
BERT FIELDS

We compared it to the very early years,
BERT FIELDS

It's all a pack of lies and the National Enquirer was told it was a pack of lies.
BERT FIELDS

My four-month-old granddaughter could push [Spelling] over. He's a very frail man and would never ab...
BERT FIELDS

My sense is, whatever happens, there's going to be a court challenge.
BERT ELY

Land rush may be too strong a term, but we're seeing more and more trying to stake out territory out...
BERT ELY

A lot of folks just don't have the income to handle repayment plans, or they'll start out under a pl...
BERT ELY

The Federal Reserve system has been very much a lucky passenger in this growth, ... It's the bond ma...
BERT ELY

In some ways, it will start to look more like Merrill Lynch, which is very strong from a retail stan...
BERT ELY

There is a real logic to [the Morgan-Bank One merger]. The only thing I would wonder about is might ...
BERT ELY

It was never needed, ... It was created out of hysteria at the time but there was no real economic j...
BERT ELY

You just can't keep cutting staff. There is a floor. Together, there is additional possibilities for...
BERT ELLIS

The reason it is so popular is that it's very fast. It's easy.
BERT DUMARS

This is the first year of a new agreement with the Free File Alliance, and more than 70 percent of t...
BERT DUMARS

This is a fundamental sea change in the way the Department of Corrections does business and this set...
BERT DEIXLER

California is now going to have a prison system that is like that of the other states and the federa...
BERT DEIXLER

This is a fundamental sea change in the way the Department of Corrections does business.
BERT DEIXLER

It's important to get the process going now.
BERT CREWS

We don't carry the baggage, the historical conflicts. We have this fresh ability to reinvent the cul...
BERT CREWS

Anyone who is pointing to any one person, saying 'It's your fault,' that's ridiculous.
BERT CREWS

It's a project that's been in the works for several years and it's a project that we are determined ...
BERT CREWS

We would potentially have a much larger audience and much larger membership participation.
BERT CREWS

He's doing fine. Like most people his age, there are good days and bad days. You have to realize he ...
BERT COFFER

He loves football so much and I believe if that window is left open at all for him to play, he will ...
BERT BROWN

They're a very good football team. Their run game is as good as anyone's in the state. They do so mu...
BERT BROWN

It's the ultimate 24/7 job, and presidential history will tell you that there is no way of getting r...
BERT BROWN

All you can really do is hope to hang on and weather the storm. They are so good at executing their ...
BERT BROWN

It's going to be very interesting to see how it goes. It's great this country is not so isolated tha...
BERT BRANTLEY

We were praying nobody would find out.
BERT BRANTLEY

It's a great deal for us, really perfect because people are already excited, thinking about Georgia,...
BERT BRANTLEY

These are some of our best and brightest, and there's no reason they should have to leave the state ...
BERT BRANTLEY

That's the standard stuff that everyone sells. We have all that, too. Cooperation is what sets us ap...
BERT BRANTLEY

Perhaps the 2005 filibuster wars depleted interest group war chests in advance of the recent nominat...
BERT BRANDENBURG

After lagging behind their foes all summer and fall, liberals are turning up the heat and conservati...
BERT BRANDENBURG

There's a signaling going on with this spending. Democrats who are on the margin might feel more fre...
BERT BRANDENBURG

The two have set a high standard that the department intends to maintain. The investigation continue...
BERT BRANDENBURG

No major group has spent a dime on television ads in the last week.
BERT BRANDENBURG

We have to be sure of the funding before allowing a school to play.
BERT BORGMANN

Some information has changed, and we will take some more time to investigate. East does not play unt...
BERT BORGMANN

The facts have changed, and based upon the new facts, it appears that he is eligible. Should additio...
BERT BORGMANN

California faces a growing shortage of qualified automotive service professionals that are needed to...
BERT BOECKMANN

Every month is better then the last. I have yet to have a customer who doesn't absolutely love that ...
BERT BOECKMANN

It better be a big place.
BERT BLYLEVEN

We are all shocked. Our prayers are with the Puckett family.
BERT BLYLEVEN

It's very uncharacteristic of Jeff Reardon to do what he did.
BERT BLYLEVEN

It's rather remarkable to see these days.
BERT BLYLEVEN

He's a great athlete. That's why he's our quarterback. And his pick really brought life to us.
BERT BERTERO

When Rolando touches the ball, good things happen. So I've got to keep giving him touches.
BERT BERTERO

The bottom line is: Are we providing the necessary education? Yes, we are. But then the youngster ha...
BERT AMMERMAN

Heroin is a problem in Bergen County, it's a problem in New Jersey, it's a problem in the country. A...
BERT AMMERMAN

There's a feeling of satisfaction, of flashback, and of being on edge tomorrow for how I'll react wh...
BERT AMMERMAN

The worst thing anyone ever said about Tommy was that he was a nice person.
BERT AMMERMAN

There was a lot of tension. You could have cut it with a knife.
BERT AMMERMAN

We really started our rollout after September 30.
BERT HOLTKAMP

We expect a similar level of commitment from Liberty in the new situation.
BERT HOLTKAMP

It's so different. It's really a lot of improv, so every time I get up there I'm singing something d...
BERT MCCRACKEN

We're not better than them. We're just lucky enough to be gifted and be able to make music that repr...
BERT MCCRACKEN

If it was up to me, I would sue.
BERT FIELDS

Part of what helps those starters is their bullpen. Wedge isn't afraid to go to his relievers, which...
BERT BLYLEVEN

That was my one big Hollywood hit, but, in a way, it hurt my picture career. After that, I was typec...
BERT LAHR

Having manners is the sweet scent that calls you to the rose.
BERT MCCOY

To this point we have had no confirmed cases of diseased transmission.
BERT KELLY

They'd rather be able to run 50 miles than bench press 300 pounds.
BERT WILLIAMS

There is a lot of interest in property tax relief across the country. A lot of states have either recently enacted or are considering a variety of mechanisms, often aimed at finding relief for senior citizens and low-income homeowners who get swamped by rising property values.

Bert Waisanen

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